This Raleigh, North Carolina group combines old time and bluegrass
with a fresh, and, yes, kickin’ sound. Only two of the
thirteen songs are traditional, and eight of them are written
by band members. But all have an Americana feel as if they have
been played up in the mountains for years.

With fiddle, banjo, mandolin, guitar, and bass the band can
burn on an instrumentals like “Cloverleaf” and “Pot
Liquor” (there are guests on dobro and clawhammer banjo).
They also do great vocals and harmonies in the old fashioned
style. Even on the wistful ballads sung by guitarist Lydia Wittig
Dawson, their energy comes through full force, not with volume,
but with strong playing.

If you like the traditional mountain sound but want to hear
new material, you will want to pick up this second CD by this
five-year-old band.